| Pronunciation: | | in'epti`tood
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| | Definition: | | [n] unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
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| | Synonyms: | | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
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| | See Also: | | unskillfulness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ept"i*tude\, n. [L. ineptitudo.]
1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude;
unsuitableness.
That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the
fault of us scholars. --Tatler.
2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
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